Music
Subject Directories
Music History & Studies > Indexes & General Directories
Worldwide Internet Music Resources - From the Indiana University School of Music, covers all genres
Internet Sites
Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music
Classical Net: Guide to Composer Data & Works List
Enjoyment of
Music Textbook - Register for a free password.
Mutopia Project -
free sheet music in public domain
Musicals101.com:
the Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV, and Film
Ricci Adams’ Musictheory.net – Tutorials about music theory (requires Macromedia Flash)
Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary -- Glossary of music terms with audible pronunciations and QuickTime pictures
Articles: Indexes and Full Text
General Databases
Specialized Databases
Print Sources
- To find print (and some non-print) materials in OCC Libraries, search the Library Catalog. Some sample Library of Congress Subject Headings searches are:
- blues (music)
- concerto
- Gershwin, George
- music appreciation
- music -- 20th century
Selected Reference Books
Nettl, Bruno, ...[et al.] ed.
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York: Garland, 2002.
OR Reference ML 100 .G16 1998
AH Reference ML 100 .C69 2008 [Concise version]
Randel, Don Michael, ed.
Harvard Dictionary of Music. 4th ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003.
AH, HL, OR, RO Reference ML 100 .A64
Sadie, Stanley, ed.
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.2nd ed. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 2002.
AH, OR Reference ML 100. N48
Slonimsky, Nicolas, ed.
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. New York: Schirmer's Books, 2001.
AH, HL, OR Reference ML 105 .B16 2001
- Browsing Call Numbers (in Library of Congress Classification)
- M 5 - 1490 Instrumental Music
- M 1495 - 5000 Vocal Music
- ML 159 - 3799 History of Music, including biographies of composers
- MT 40 - 86 Analytical Guides (how to listen to and understand musical compositions)
- MT 90 - 146 Composition, including rhythm, scales, melody, harmony, modulation, counterpoint, improvisation, orchestration
